Karan Johar has confirmed that Koffee With Karan will end with its ninth season, which starts on JioHotstar on October 14. The Koffee With Karan final season follows eight earlier seasons and 161 episodes across a 22-year run, according to Variety.
The season will be the chat show’s last, not simply another move between broadcasters. Johar says he wants to spend the next decade directing more films; The Hollywood Reporter India reports that the ninth season will stream on JioHotstar from October 14.
Koffee With Karan final season starts October 14
The farewell promo also returned to the show’s beginnings. The Indian Express reports that Johar said he pitched the talk-show idea to his father, producer Yash Johar, in June 2004. Yash asked who would pay to watch his son talk to his friends; Karan began filming the show that August.
Johar told Variety that he wants to spend the next decade directing more films:
“I want to spend the next decade of my life directing more movies… telling many more stories… so with a heavy heart I am making this season my last.”
Karan Johar, via Variety
He has not described the decision as a retirement from filmmaking; the change he announced is that he is bringing the programme to a close.
From Star World to streaming
Koffee With Karan began on Star World in 2004, with Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol as its first guests. Variety reports that the first season also paired Amitabh Bachchan with his son Abhishek and brought Aishwarya Rai together with filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Over eight seasons, the couch became a place for celebrity conversations about work, relationships and the stories surrounding Hindi cinema.
The show spent six seasons on television through 2019, then moved to Hotstar. That shift produced an earlier false alarm: in 2022, Johar said the programme would not return, then clarified hours later that it would not return on television and would instead stream on Disney+ Hotstar. The Economic Times reported that clarification at the time.
Season 7 arrived that July, with Johar’s Dharmatic Entertainment taking over production, Variety says. The eighth season opened in October 2023 with Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone. In February 2025, Disney+ Hotstar merged with JioCinema to form JioHotstar, the service named for this final season.
In 2022, the farewell applied to television; Johar now says the series itself is ending. The announcement offers no replacement host or continuation plan, and presents Season 9 as the show’s last run.
What UAE viewers should know
The October 14 date and JioHotstar are confirmed, but the announcement does not say whether the final season will have a UAE streaming partner or a release outside the service’s stated market. We have not found a confirmed UAE listing for Season 9, so viewers here should check local streaming catalogues closer to launch rather than assume that the Indian platform listing guarantees regional access.
Indian reality shows do have separate distribution arrangements in the UAE: Bigg Boss Season 20, for example, is streaming free on STARZPLAY in the UAE. That does not confirm anything about Koffee With Karan rights; it is a reminder that a title’s local home can differ from the service named in its Indian announcement.
For Johar, the stated next chapter is more film directing. For viewers, Season 9 is the first time he has clearly described the show itself—not just its television run—as finished. The final season starts on October 14, with the guest line-up and UAE distribution still to be confirmed.
Has the Koffee With Karan Season 9 guest list been announced?
No guest names have been confirmed in the announcement or the reporting reviewed so far. The line-up for the final season remains unannounced.
How many episodes will Koffee With Karan Season 9 have?
No episode count has been announced for Season 9. The reported total of 161 episodes covers the show’s eight earlier seasons, not the final run.
Is Karan Johar retiring after Koffee With Karan?
No. Johar says he wants to direct more films over the next decade; ending the talk show is not an announcement that he is leaving filmmaking.
Where can viewers in the UAE watch the final season?
A UAE streaming partner has not been confirmed. Check local streaming catalogues closer to October 14, because the JioHotstar announcement alone does not establish UAE rights.
